This table shows the complete number of times you have to special-faro shuffle a deck of cards to get the deck back to its starting order. Some of these take a ridiculously large number of shuffles, but there are a few interesting ones as well.
Number of Special Faros Required to Return Deck to Original Order |
Number of Special Faros Required to Return Deck to Original Order |
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Block Size |
InFaro Top |
InFaro Bottom |
OutFaro Top |
OutFaro Bottom |
Block Size |
InFaro Top |
InFaro Bottom |
OutFaro Top |
OutFaro Bottom |
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1 | 2 | 52 | 1 | 51 | 27 | 380 | 8 | 51 | 21 | |
2 | 4 | 52 | 2 | 650 | 28 | 510 | 21 | 1044 | 23 | |
3 | 3 | 595 | 4 | 198 | 29 | 2431 | 23 | 98 | 12 | |
4 | 6 | 39 | 3 | 2100 | 30 | 1092 | 12 | 518 | 14 | |
5 | 10 | 60 | 6 | 51 | 31 | 120 | 14 | 51 | 20 | |
6 | 12 | 2520 | 10 | 344 | 32 | 880 | 20 | 102 | 12 | |
7 | 4 | 1288 | 12 | 620 | 33 | 50 | 12 | 98 | 36 | |
8 | 8 | 138 | 4 | 51 | 34 | 510 | 36 | 8568 | 12 | |
9 | 18 | 3120 | 8 | 760 | 35 | 52 | 12 | 19380 | 10 | |
10 | 6 | 140 | 18 | 644 | 36 | 306 | 10 | 96 | 5 | |
11 | 11 | 48 | 6 | 14820 | 37 | 4095 | 5 | 440 | 28 | |
12 | 20 | 7956 | 11 | 1197 | 38 | 3696 | 28 | 48 | 18 | |
13 | 18 | 36 | 20 | 120 | 39 | 36 | 18 | 120 | 20 | |
14 | 28 | 3696 | 18 | 48 | 40 | 7956 | 20 | 1197 | 11 | |
15 | 5 | 4095 | 28 | 440 | 41 | 48 | 11 | 14820 | 6 | |
16 | 10 | 306 | 5 | 96 | 42 | 140 | 6 | 644 | 18 | |
17 | 12 | 52 | 10 | 19380 | 43 | 3120 | 18 | 760 | 8 | |
18 | 36 | 510 | 12 | 8568 | 44 | 138 | 8 | 51 | 4 | |
19 | 12 | 50 | 36 | 98 | 45 | 1288 | 4 | 620 | 12 | |
20 | 20 | 880 | 12 | 102 | 46 | 2520 | 12 | 344 | 10 | |
21 | 14 | 120 | 20 | 51 | 47 | 60 | 10 | 51 | 6 | |
22 | 12 | 1092 | 14 | 518 | 48 | 39 | 6 | 2100 | 3 | |
23 | 23 | 2431 | 12 | 98 | 49 | 595 | 3 | 198 | 4 | |
24 | 21 | 510 | 23 | 1044 | 50 | 52 | 4 | 650 | 2 | |
25 | 8 | 380 | 21 | 51 | 51 | 52 | 2 | 51 | 1 | |
26 | 52 | 52 | 8 | 8 | 52 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Block Size:
The number of cards cut from the top of the deck
InFaro Top:
The cut block is InFaro'd with the weave starting at the top of the deck
InFaro Bottom: The cut block is InFaro'd with the
weave starting at the bottom of the deck
OutFaro Top: The cut block is
OutFaro'd with the weave starting at the top of the deck
OutFaro Bottom: The cut block is OutFaro'd with the weave starting
at the bottom of the deck